Well actually there's a lot of interesting stuff going on around the Lotus community (if you set aside all the toys being thrown out of prams by various people who shall remain nameless).

You may well have heard of Twitter which is a service that in the words of their FAQ page is "Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Bloggers can use it as a mini-blogging tool. Developers can use the API to make Twitter tools of their own. Possibilities are endless!"

Well the latest news for the Notes 8 client is that Mikkel has created a sidebar plugin, and it really is very cool. If you are lucky enough to be using Notes 8 in anger then it's a must install to keep up with the latest community happenings.

In the user group world, ILUG planning continues apace and now Warren is asking for UKLUG Sponsors. If you're interested, head over to his blog and drop him a line, it promises to be a very good two day conference in September.